Exotic Shorthair Kittens for Sale: What They Cost in Four Markets

The Exotic Shorthair is the Persian's short-coated twin, and its market behaves accordingly: mostly Persian-cattery prices, with one genuinely odd wrinkle nobody else reports. Different catteries disagree about which coat length costs MORE, in opposite directions. Here is the four-market picture, from named catteries and complete marketplace samples, plus the one piece of UK paperwork that should be on every buyer's checklist.

United States: $2,000 to $3,500, and the premium that points both ways

Five named sources cluster the US Exotic Shorthair at $2,000 to $3,500. The finding worth your attention is the coat-length premium: at one named cattery, the Exotic is the CHEAPEST coat in a Persian-family price list; at two others, the Exotic costs the same as or more than the Persian, with one holding a flat $2,500 floor. Same breed pair, opposite premiums. The honest conclusion for a buyer: there is no market-wide rule about whether the shorthair or the longhair costs more, so compare catteries on their own lists, not on folklore.

United Kingdom: two full samples, one paperwork rule

We read every live listing on two marketplaces the same day: 42 of 42 on Pets4Homes (£150 to £1,500 across the whole board) and 7 of 7 on UKPets (£300 to £850, excluding one queen-with-litter lot). Both samples show the same shape: GCCF-registered kittens cluster at £800 to £1,200, with cheaper unregistered cats below. Pets4Homes' own FAQ text quotes £300 to £600 as typical and £850-plus for registered: we show it separately as the site's own summary, and the live sample is the better guide.

The rule that matters more than the price: since 1 January 2016, GCCF requires PKD-clear status (the cat, both parents, or every traced pedigree line) before a UK Exotic Shorthair can sit on the Active Register. A UK buyer can, and should, ask for that certificate by name; a registered breeder will expect the question.

Canada: two named catteries, flat pricing

Two named catteries in two provinces price CAD $1,500 to $3,000, and at both of them every kitten in the litter carries the same price regardless of coat length: no within-litter shorthair-vs-longhair gap at all, a third answer to the premium question. As everywhere, the registries publish nothing: a CFA or TICA page will never quote you a figure.

Australia: a real gap between the two published prices

Australia has that rarity, published prices, and they disagree interestingly: one named cattery prices its combined Exotic-and-Persian kittens at $2,500 to $4,500, while a second, reached only through a breeder directory, lists $2,000. A spread that wide between two published sources is the market's honest state, and we print it as two figures rather than blending them into a fake range.

The buyer's checklist for this breed

Ask for PKD DNA results on both parents everywhere (the UK makes it registry-mandatory; the science makes it everywhere-sensible, since this breed carries Persian kidneys under the short coat). Expect the usual inclusions (vaccination, microchip, registration papers), expect waiting lists at good catteries, and treat the flat-faced pair of questions, eye care and breathing, as conversations to have with the breeder before money moves. Our comparison page covers why the health file matches the Persian's; the price page you are on covers what the twin costs.